SDSU falls to USD, drops its record to 0-2 thisseason ByJosh GrossStaff Writer The San Diego State swimming and diving team traveled across townto face the University of San Diego on Saturday for its only meetsouth of Orange County all year. Relegated to a band of swimming hobos thanks to the closing ofTerry Pool, the [...]

Though San Diego State was unable to land the big fish, itrecovered enough to have its 2000 recruiting class ranked No. 5 inthe country by Baseball America. Adrian Gonzalez, a first baseman from Eastlake High School and thefirst pick of the 2000 Major League Baseball draft, committed to SDSUinitially, but a signing bonus in excess [...]

Injuries to LaMonda, Williams trigger frontline juggling act By Michael KlitzingStaff Writer Editor’s note: This is the third of a five-part seriesspotlighting one of several key Aztecs who was lost for the seasonbecause of injury. Atthe onset, things looked promising. Despite having only one returning starter and losing All-Americancenter Mike Malano to the NFL, the [...]

Article 2, Section 1 of the Constitution created the ElectoralCollege. “Each state shall appoint, in such Manneras the legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal tothe whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the Statemay be entitled in Congress.” Simply put, each state receives as many electoral votes as it hassenators and [...]

Give the trophy to Tomlinson LaDainian Tomlinson is the best player you’ve never heard of. He’s not flashy like Michael Vick. He’s not on Social Security like Chris Weinke. He doesn’t have a weird birthmark like Drew Brees. He doesn’t have a ridiculously difficult name to say like Marques Tuiasosopo. He’s not a track star [...]

Two San Diego State doubles teams advanced to the quarterfinals atthe ITA Southern California Championships at Irvine over the weekend. The victories give SDSU a chance at a first in program history. Should one of the doubles teams advance to and win tonight’sfinal, it would move on to the USTA/ITA Team Indoor Championships inFebruary. That [...]

Their mission, which they chose to accept, was to take on ColoradoState, the fifth-ranked team in the nation. Maybe not an impossibletask, but certainly Mission Improbable. San Diego State amazingly took a two-games-to-none lead — thenself-destructed. “We had opportunities, but we let them slip,” said SDSU coach MarkWarner. “We didn’t get it done.” The Aztecs [...]

Aftermarrying the late billionaire oilman J. Howard Marshall, does AnnaNicole Smith deserve $449 million of his $1.6-billion-dollar estate? No, she doesn’t deserve a dime. After four years in court, fighting with his kids over hisfortune, actress, model and former stripper Anna Nicole Smith haswalked away with $449 million — the equivalent to how much theoilman’s [...]

Euthanasia or “mercy killing” covers a large area. It covers abroad base of death, but we don’t realizehow broad that base is and we end up drawing the line between rightand wrong too early. This legal line is misplaced and affects morepeople than we realize. If a patient cannot live on his own, and you [...]

Associated Students Executive Vice President Ron Williams said hewas hassled when he tried to get into a public meeting on campus. A.S. President Jason Rollingson said he called the San Diego StateUniversity Foundation the day before the Oct. 27 meeting and told areceptionist that Williams would be attending. Williams said he received a phone message [...]

Almost 16 million people in the United States have diabetes — adisease that currently has no cure. And up to 5.4 million of them are not aware that they have thedisease. November marks National Diabetes Month, a time to heightenawareness and educate people about this disease and its effects. TheAmerican Diabetes Association is an avid [...]

ByCrystal FambriniAssistant City Editor Opinions on reporters vary across the spectrum from saints toscoundrels. San Diego media, as well as students vying to become part of thedynamic field, got a glimpse of how locals often in the limelightview them and their work at a panel titled, “Newsmakers critique theMedia” at Point Loma Nazarene University Saturday, [...]